Chapter two. The U.S. Counterterrorism War in Yemen

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter one. A Brief History of External Intervention in Yemen’s Wars 10
5. Chapter two. The U.S. Counterterrorism War in Yemen 27
6. Chapter three. Arab Spring, Arab Fall Political Transition and the Failure of the National Dialogue Conference, 2011–2014 44
7. Chapter four. Regional Proxy Wars before 2015 59
8. Chapter five. Descent into “Chaos” Yemen’s Civil War, 2015–2021 76
9. Chapter six. “Dumb Wars” The Obama Administration’s War in Yemen 101
10. Chapter seven. Maximum Pressure The Trump Administration’s War in Yemen 124
11. Chapter eight. Congress and the Yemen Advocacy Coalition 139
12. Chapter nine. The Biden Administration Giving Diplomacy a Chance? 169
13. Chapter ten. Lessons Learned 178
14. Epilogue 198
15. Acknowledgments 201
16. Notes 203
17. Bibliography 229
18. Index 257